Tuesday, September 6, 2016

What's Donald Trump's to-do list before Election Day?

Donald Trump heads into the Labor Day weekend trailing his Hillary Clinton both nationally and in some of the most crucial states. But with just over two months to go, he still has a narrow window to try to make up for wasted time.

Trump remains deeply unpopular, especially with minority voters and women, giving him a tenuous path at best to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.

Yet if this election has any lessons to offer, it's to expect the unexpected and never write off Trump.

A look at Trump's Labor Day to Election Day to-do list:

GROUND IT OUT

Trump and Clinton are both historically unpopular candidates. That could make motivating voters to turn out — and ensuring they do — more important in this election than in most.

In the business, that's called ground game — and Trump has little of it to speak of. ...